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UFC President Dana White has been banned by the Palms casino according the to Las Vegas Review Journal. The Palms banned him after Dana beat them for (nearly $2 million), and they asked me not to play anymore.” Dana announced this during UFC Embedded, and said the following to Las Vegas Review Journal writer Norm...

Renan Barao will be stepping into the octagon for the eighth time this Saturday as he defends his UFC Bantamweight Championship against another Team Alpha Male challenger. TJ Dillashaw earned a shot at the title after dominating Mike Easton at ‘UFC Fight Night 35’. Dillashaw controlled every aspect of the bout and when all was...

Written by Jon Kirschner | Twitter: @MMAKirschner The Odds (Favorite) Michael Bisping: -195 (Underdog) Tim Kennedy: +180 After what seemed like months of trash talk going back-and-forth between the two, Michael Bisping and Tim Kennedy will finally put an end to their feud. The rivalry started back in November 2013 when Kennedy took to Twitter...

Former UFC heavyweight champion Frank Mir has tried everything to get a win inside the Octagon. From TRT to a two-camp stint at Greg Jackson’s, the Las Vegas resident hasn’t found anything to assist him in getting out of his four-fight slump. His back’s against the wall, and while he insists that retirement isn’t an...

UFC ringside commentator, Joe Rogan, is the best in the business. His insightful and technical breakdowns of fights have been educating fans for years on the action happening inside the cage. I always wondered if his, sometimes instructional, commentary ever made the ears of the fighter’s he’s talking about and according to UFC 169’s Clint...

Wow, so, Herb Dean messed up Saturday night, in a pretty bad way, when he halted the action during Urijah’s ‘Thumbs up’ signing. Eeek!!! The twitter-verse instantly caught fire and we are just now getting those flames under control. Check out some notable reactions to the Faber vs. Barao stoppage:

Following the disappointing ending to last weekend’s UFC 169 main event, Urijah Faber says that he’s open to making the jump up in weight for the fans. “I’m going to stay at 135, but if there are some big fights at 145, let’s hear what these guys have for me,” Faber said. “I would like...

A win’s a win right? If you said yes, you’re wrong. Just ask Dana White. Last weekend Alistair Overeem took a rare approach in his bout against Frank Mir. The giant striker chose to coast through 15-minutes and secure an ‘error-free’ victory to keep his contract intact. Dana White was not impressed: “He fought safe....

Once wasn’t enough for the former Strikeforce, Dream and K1 Grand Prix champion, when it comes to Brock Lesnar. Following his one-sided decision win over Frank Mir at last weekend’s UFC 169 event, ‘The Reem’, took to his post-fight speech to call out his former foe. “I hear there’s word that Brock Lesnar is about...

Prior to last weekend’s UFC 169 event, Frank Mir and Alistair Overeem both desperately needed a win. Mir stated that even if he picked up his 4th straight loss, which he did, that he would not even consider retirement. Overeem did what he had to do to win the bout, and while they caught some...

Last weekend’s UFC 169 event broke the record for the most decision’s in one night. To top it off, the main event was stopped right when it was just getting started. During the post-fight press-conference an agitated UFC president touched on both: “Faber was blocking those shots; he gave the thumbs up. He (Herb Dean)...

If animated .gifs are your thing then it doesn’t get much better than this highlight from last Saturday’s UFC 169 event. Opening up the main card, Trujillo and Varner delivered what was hands down the most entertaining bout of the night. They were also the only fighters to get bonuses. In the end, Trujillo earned...

Urijah Faber has improved immensely under the tutelage of Duane ‘Bang’ Ludwig, but it was not enough to dethrone the champion. The two met in the middle of the octagon and did not shy away from throwing shots in the opening seconds. Renan Barao came out on top of all of their exchanges early on,...

The big question was whether or not Ricardo Lamas would be able to properly block Jose Aldo’s leg kicks. It took until the second round to figure it out, but the answer was simply ‘no’. Lamas tried to counteract Aldo’s leg kicks in the first by throwing leg kicks of his own but all of...

This fight was as exciting as everybody expected it to be. Alistair Overeem brought the crowd to life right away as he dominated in round one. Mir made the mistake of clinching and Overeem landed two knees: One to the gut and one to the skull. The knee to the head caused Mir to pedal...

Following a fight that likely earned ‘knockout of the night’ honors is never an easy task. The beginning of the first round saw Bagautinov take the fight to the ground only to almost walk into a heel hook. Lineker was torquing full-force and it looked like Bagautinov was seconds away from being forced to submit,...

Abel Trujillo and Jamie Varner kicked off the pay-per-view tonight and after such a lackluster preliminary card, it was refreshing to see some exciting action take place inside the octagon. Jamie Varner had to cut thirty pounds this week in order to make weight yesterday, but it did not seem to effect his performance tonight....

John Makdessi and Alan Patrick tried their hardest to bring the New Jersey crowd back to life, but none of their exciting shot-attempts landed and the ‘boo-birds’ in attendance voiced their opinion. Patrick threw spinning back kicks and other fun shots, but they whiffed as Makdessi respected his opponent’s strength and stood far enough away...

Danny Martinez has not lost a fight since 2010 and was looking to make a successful UFC debut tonight. His opponent, Chris Cariaso, would be the perfect test as he is a eight-fight UFC veteran. Martinez was looking to cut the energy of Cariaso in half early on by pressing him against the cage and...

Both Tom Watson and Nick Catone were looking to rebound from losses in their last octagon outings. Nick Catone wanted to land a big shot early, but Tom Watson kept him at bay with leg kicks. This was a stalemate that would keep only patient fans entertained, and those in attendance in New Jersey voiced...

Al Iaquinta was riding a two fight win streak walking into the octagon tonight, but Kevin Lee was looking to extend his impressive seven win streak. At the start of the fight, you could see Al Iaquinta was looking to land a big shot. His stance looked stiff and his punch was locked and loaded,...

For the second fight in a row, a fighter was in danger of losing his undefeated record. Andy Enz was walking into this fight with an impressive record of seven wins and no losses, but he almost lost all that in the first minute of the first round. It was an action-packed first round as...

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